Participation

– High level Government officials from Africa
– Small and medium scale entrepreneurs in water and sanitation
– Donors and Investors
– WASH Sector Researchers and practitionners
– Other Invited Special Guests

The official death toll has been reported as 145, and concern is now growing for water and sanitation, food security, and psychosocial support for survivors, especially while the current response relies heavily on air support. “A lot of villages have been cut off by road because of landslides, a lot of these ...

Auckland remains world's third-best city for quality of living Mon, 19Mar2018

This year, Mercer provided a separate ranking on city sanitation, which analyses cities' waste removal and sewage infrastructure, levels of infectious disease, air pollution, water availability and quality. Auckland ranked fifth and Wellington sixth for city sanitation, with Honolulu taking first place, followed ...

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it has constructed 338 boreholes in various communities in Shendam and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau to enhance access to safe drinking water. Mr George Bekinbo, UNICEF's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene consultant, who made the ...

UN volunteers in Zambia support UNHCR to provide protection and assistance to DRC refugees Mon, 19Mar2018

The refugees are currently hosted at newly opened Kenani transit centre and Mantapala refugee settlement in Nchelenge district, North of Zambia. The refugees are facing unique protection risks as a result of insecure shelter provisions, broken community structures, insufficient food, water and sanitation ...

Taking Water Infrastructure Back to Nature Mon, 19Mar2018

Wastewater treatment plants, like other industrial sanitation systems, typically use chemical disinfectants, such as chlorine, as part of their treatment process. The chemicals can generate disinfection byproducts (DBPs) that are sometimes classified as endocrine disrupting chemicals, or even carcinogens ...

Polytank Ghana supports Safe Water Network Mon, 19Mar2018

... Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on water. Polytank Ghana provided an undisclosed amount toward the stakeholder engagement. This year's “Beyond the Pipe” forum held under the theme “Taking Small Water Enterprises to Scale” brought together stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and ...

Polytank Ghana supports Safe Water Network Mon, 19Mar2018

Polytank (Gh), the leading producers of plastic storage tanks in Ghana, has supported Safe Water Network, a non-governmental organization, ... forum held under the theme “Taking Small Water Enterprises to Scale” brought together stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector, ...

The City's new Emergency Water Augmentation Environmental Monitoring Committee is scheduled to meet for the first time on 20 March 20th. .... National Water Week, an annual seven-day event co-ordinated by the national Department of Water and Sanitation, kicked off on Sunday, 18 March.

Standing atop a wall, 37-year-old Sabu Vijayan, an Alappuzha municipality sanitation worker, was singing as he used a long metal pipe to break a thick layer of waste floating on the two-metre-wide canal below him. The greenish-black water of the canal was hidden beneath the layer of plastic bottles ...

Water And Sanitation Agency Faisalabad Tender Notice in Jang newspaper of 19 March, 2018 and more Tenders and Auction Ads of Water And Sanitation Agency Faisalabad Tender Notice 2017 published in Pakistani newspapers notices on TenderNotice.pk.

The 100 million city: is 21st century urbanisation out of control? Mon, 19Mar2018

Vastly wealthy in parts, it is largely chaotic and impoverished. Most residents live in informal settlements, or slums. The great majority are not connected to piped water or a sanitation system. The city's streets are choked with traffic, its air is full of fumes, and its main dump covers 40 hectares and receives ...

The cost incurred is as a result of poor sanitation delivery arising from time spent on accessing water and sanitation facilities, deaths due to poor sanitation, exposure to preventable diseases, among others. It is in this regard, War Against Poor Sanitation (WAPS) Ghana, took a giant step by waging a ...

WATER, SEWER, and SANITATION RATE STUDY Mon, 19Mar2018

CITY OF JUNCTION CITY WATER, SEWER, and SANITATION RATE STUDY CLOSING DATE: 3:30 p.m. on May 1, 2018 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL The City of Junction City (City) is solic iting proposals from qualified consulting firms to prepare a comprehensive water and reclaimed water rate study.

World Water Day Draws Attention to Our Most Valuable Resource Mon, 19Mar2018

Although March 22 may not ring a bell as a significant date of celebration, it happens to impact every human on the planet: World Water Day. As part of the United Nations and Sustainable Development Goal 6, World Water Day focuses on “access to safe water and sanitation and sound management of ...

QATAR Fund for Development (QFFD) has provided a $3 million humanitarian grant to support the water and sanitation sector in the Iraqi city of Mosul and ...

Qatar- QFFD grant for water and sanitation sector in Mosul Mon, 19Mar2018

DOHA: Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has provided a humanitarian grant to support the water and sanitation sector in Mosul City and its surroundings, focusing on the rehabilitation of water networks in the region, distribution networks and water supply stations. The agreement was signed by Misfer ...